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| Gatso Question | 12 Apr 2007 22:27 GMT | 28 |
Driving within the 50mph limit on the A48 between Westbury on Severn and Gloucester yesterday. Coming up to a Gatso on the opposite side of the single carriageway when matey behind me in a BMW estate decides that he is going to pull out and overtake me at a rate of knots just
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| Car park pay and display | 12 Apr 2007 11:27 GMT | 13 |
At a park where I sometimes take my grandson I have to pay £1.20 and this allows me to park for up to 4 hours. We usually only stay for one hour and as I leave I usually offer my ticket to anyone who has just entered the car park on the basis that I have paid for a place for 4 ...
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| Kwik-Fit | 11 Apr 2007 23:48 GMT | 154 |
How the hell can Kwik-Fit justify quoting £90 for changing a set of brake pads when a set of Lucas pads cost me £23 and took half an hour to fit using two spanners and a screwdriver?
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| Lorry overtaking ban trial on A14 | 11 Apr 2007 21:24 GMT | 119 |
Heavy goods vehicles are to be banned from overtaking on two sections of the A14 in a trial to last 12 months. The ban will start on Monday 2 April and will affect lorries of 7.5 tonnes and over in Northamptonshire.
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| Burton-upon-Trent to Whitstable-route advice | 11 Apr 2007 11:39 GMT | 3 |
Hi all. I've run this one through the AA routefinder and it gives A38,M1, M25 (clockwise) Dartford Tunnel, M2, A2, claiming 3hours 25 minutes which sounds very ambitious timewise, but is it the best route?
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| 1.3m motorists are on the brink of being banned | 11 Apr 2007 09:22 GMT | 126 |
Daily Mail again, I'm afraid. It's not mine, honest! More than a million motorists are one speeding conviction away from losing their licences, figures reveal today. The number has risen by more thtan 215,000 in the last 12 months alone
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| THINK! | 11 Apr 2007 09:08 GMT | 20 |
The current road safety slogan is THINK! So why do drivers not THINK! - it is foggy I need to put my headlights on not just my parking (sidelights). I can see cars with headlights on better than a car with parking lights on. My Skoda Fabia handbook
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| Pulled by the police for driving too slowly | 10 Apr 2007 23:12 GMT | 243 |
Got pulled over by the Police last night for driving at 25 in a 30 zone. They may have though I was pissed, well I wasn't until they told me why they pulled me over. I am thinking of sending the following letter to Dorset Police headquaters anybody got any suggestions/free
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| GET A f.cking MOVE ON - A14 ovetaking ban | 10 Apr 2007 19:04 GMT | 19 |
Post from Trucking forum. Good Friday----A14------In the No Overtaking Section All of the lorries had been in the inside lane for miles doing 56MPH, all of the cars and vans had been in the outside lane for miles doing
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| Would anyone like a cheap Road Angel Classic | 10 Apr 2007 18:53 GMT | 16 |
I've got one on eBay which is going to go for next to nothing. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3A IT&viewitem=&item=300098619609&rd=1&rd=1 http://tinyurl.com/2r2qut
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| Pedestrian Crossings | 09 Apr 2007 23:07 GMT | 59 |
It seems that every single spot where the odd pedestrian wishes to wander across a road now needs a Pelican Crossing. Surely we should be considering subways more - particularly on new roads. Ah - I forgot - they are dark and dangerous! Perhaps we could try and invent
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| What makes a good driver? | 09 Apr 2007 19:13 GMT | 28 |
Is a good driver a formula 1 champion? Or is a good driver someone who obeys all the rules and never breaks the speed limit? Is a good driver someone with good observation skills and can anticipate things well, or is a good driver someone who has been driving 40 years and never ...
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| Those 'professional' drivers at it again | 09 Apr 2007 17:57 GMT | 53 |
Just taken me 2.5 hours to do the 1 hour trip home from Cheltenham, 'cos some fuckwit in a truck crashed it and close the M50. c.nts, the lot of 'em.
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| Cost of changing a stop light bulb? | 09 Apr 2007 12:00 GMT | 153 |
I've a Ford Fiesta, and the stop light stopped working, guess how much the agent wanted to change it? Alan
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| Top Gear - Runway in "Tractors" episode (OT) | 08 Apr 2007 23:06 GMT | 7 |
I watched the episode on Sky last night where the gang are playing around with tractors. In one shot they are towing various loads and one of the team is towing the Jumbo Jet that is often seen in some of the track shots. I noticed it had two engines on one wing pylon - a bit like ...
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